CVE-2021-20265

A flaw was found in the way memory resources were freed in the unix_stream_recvmsg function in the Linux kernel when a signal was pending. This flaw allows an unprivileged local user to crash the system by exhausting available memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
redhatCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 4%
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
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oracletekelec_platform_distribution
7.4.0 ≤
𝑥
≤ 7.7.1
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.226-1
fixed
bookworm
6.1.106-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.112-1
fixed
trixie
6.11.5-1
fixed
sid
6.11.6-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
linux
groovy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
trusty
ignored
linux-aws
groovy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
trusty
ignored
linux-aws-5.0
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-aws-5.3
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-aws-5.4
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
not-affected
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-aws-hwe
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
not-affected
trusty
dne
linux-azure
groovy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
bionic
ignored
xenial
not-affected
trusty
ignored
linux-azure-4.15
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
not-affected
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-azure-5.3
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-azure-5.4
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
not-affected
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-azure-edge
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-dell300x
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
not-affected
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-gcp
groovy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
bionic
ignored
xenial
not-affected
trusty
dne
linux-gcp-4.15
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
not-affected
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-gcp-5.3
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-gcp-5.4
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
not-affected
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-gcp-edge
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-gke-4.15
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-gke-5.0
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-gke-5.3
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
not-affected
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-gke-5.4
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
not-affected
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-gkeop
groovy
dne
focal
not-affected
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-gkeop-5.4
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
not-affected
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-hwe
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
not-affected
trusty
dne
linux-hwe-5.4
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
not-affected
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-hwe-5.8
groovy
dne
focal
not-affected
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-hwe-edge
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
ignored
trusty
dne
linux-kvm
groovy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
trusty
dne
linux-lts-trusty
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-lts-xenial
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
ignored
linux-oem
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
ignored
trusty
dne
linux-oem-5.10
groovy
dne
focal
not-affected
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oem-5.6
groovy
dne
focal
not-affected
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oem-osp1
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oracle
groovy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
trusty
dne
linux-oracle-5.0
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oracle-5.3
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oracle-5.4
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
not-affected
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-raspi
groovy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-raspi-5.4
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
not-affected
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-raspi2
groovy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
not-affected
xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1010.13
released
trusty
dne
linux-raspi2-5.3
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
not-affected
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv
groovy
not-affected
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-snapdragon
groovy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
trusty
dne
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1908827
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa0dc04df259ba2df3ce1920e9690c7842f8fa4b
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1908827
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa0dc04df259ba2df3ce1920e9690c7842f8fa4b
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html